- Grandparents
- Wenham Barber 1784-1832
- Elizabeth Walker 1786-1872
- John Goltrip 1772-1860s
- Elizabeth 1779-?
Reuben Barber
1849-1932
Reuben Barber was the second of the three children of William Barber, a shepherd, and his wife Hannah Goltrip of Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
Reuben appears on the 1851, 61 and 71 census for Littleport at Camel Road, as a shepherd, living with his family. By 1898, Reuben and his family are in Witchford, appearing in the marriage registers and also appearing on the 1901 census for Witchford. It is between 1881 and 1901 census that the family moved to Welney and Southery, Norfolk and during this time their family grew.
He married Elizabeth Dewsbury of Little Thetford and the couple went on to have at least ten children.
Further Details
Born:
1849, Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
Married:
- Elizabeth Dewsbury (1851-1923) on 25th November 1871 at Littleport church, Cambridgeshire.
Children
- John Goltrip Barber (1872-?)
- Hannah Rebecca Barber (1874-?)
- Elizabeth Ann Barber (1876-?) married Leonard Andrews.
- Alfred Edward Barber (1878-?) married Laura Richardson.
- Louisa Barber (1881-1974) married Flanders Hopkin (1854-1910) and John Pope (1880-1957)
- Nellie Barber (1884-?) married Sonny Mussett.
- Reuben Barber (1888-1965)
- William Barber (1891-?) married Lizzy Gill.
- Walter Barber (1892-1985) married Daisy Emily Coulson (1891-1970)
- Arthur Jubilee Barber (1897-?)
Died:
May 1932, 6 Row Houses, Witchford, Cambridgeshire.
Buried:
Witchford churchyard, Cambridgeshire.